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Judges 16:1-11

16:1

Then went
<03212> (8799)

Samson
<08123>

to Gaza
<05804>_,

and saw
<07200> (8799)

there an harlot
<0802> <02181> (8802)_,

and went in
<0935> (8799)

unto her. {harlot: Heb. a woman an harlot}

16:2

[And it was told] the Gazites
<05841>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

Samson
<08123>

is come
<0935> (8804)

hither. And they compassed [him] in
<05437> (8799)_,

and laid wait
<0693> (8799)

for him all night
<03915>

in the gate
<08179>

of the city
<05892>_,

and were quiet
<02790> (8691)

all the night
<03915>_,

saying
<0559> (8800)_,

In the morning
<01242>_,

when it is day
<0216>_,

we shall kill
<02026> (8804)

him. {quiet: Heb. silence}

16:3

And Samson
<08123>

lay
<07901> (8799)

till midnight
<02677> <03915>_,

and arose
<06965> (8799)

at midnight
<02677> <03915>_,

and took
<0270> (8799)

the doors
<01817>

of the gate
<08179>

of the city
<05892>_,

and the two
<08147>

posts
<04201>_,

and went away
<05265> (8799)

with them, bar
<01280>

and all, and put
<07760> (8799)

[them] upon his shoulders
<03802>_,

and carried them up
<05927> (8686)

to the top
<07218>

of an hill
<02022>

that [is] before
<06440>

Hebron
<02275>_.

{bar...: Heb. with the bar}

16:4

And it came to pass afterward
<0310>_,

that he loved
<0157> (8799)

a woman
<0802>

in the valley
<05158>

of Sorek
<07796>_,

whose name
<08034>

[was] Delilah
<01807>_.

{in...: or, by the brook}

16:5

And the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

came up
<05927> (8799)

unto her, and said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, Entice
<06601> (8761)

him, and see
<07200> (8798)

wherein his great
<01419>

strength
<03581>

[lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail
<03201> (8799)

against him, that we may bind
<0631> (8804)

him to afflict
<06031> (8763)

him: and we will give
<05414> (8799)

thee every one
<0376>

of us eleven hundred
<0505> <03967>

[pieces] of silver
<03701>_.

{afflict: or, humble}

16:6

And Delilah
<01807>

said
<0559> (8799)

to Samson
<08123>_,

Tell
<05046> (8685)

me, I pray thee, wherein thy great
<01419>

strength
<03581>

[lieth], and wherewith thou mightest be bound
<0631> (8735)

to afflict
<06031> (8763)

thee.

16:7

And Samson
<08123>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, If they bind
<0631> (8799)

me with seven
<07651>

green
<03892>

withs
<03499>

that were never dried
<02717> (8795)_,

then shall I be weak
<02470> (8804)_,

and be as another
<0259>

man
<0120>_.

{green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist} {another: Heb. one}

16:8

Then the lords
<05633>

of the Philistines
<06430>

brought up
<05927> (8686)

to her seven
<07651>

green
<03892>

withs
<03499>

which had not been dried
<02717> (8795)_,

and she bound
<0631> (8799)

him with them. {green...: or, new cords: Heb. moist}

16:9

Now [there were] men lying in wait
<0693> (8802)_,

abiding
<03427> (8802)

with her in the chamber
<02315>_.

And she said
<0559> (8799)

unto him, The Philistines
<06430>

[be] upon thee, Samson
<08123>_.

And he brake
<05423> (8762)

the withs
<03499>_,

as a thread
<06616>

of tow
<05296>

is broken
<05423> (8735)

when it toucheth
<07306> (8687)

the fire
<0784>_.

So his strength
<03581>

was not known
<03045> (8738)_.

{toucheth: Heb. smelleth}

16:10

And Delilah
<01807>

said
<0559> (8799)

unto Samson
<08123>_,

Behold, thou hast mocked
<02048> (8765)

me, and told
<01696> (8762)

me lies
<03577>_:

now tell
<05046> (8685)

me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound
<0631> (8735)_.

16:11

And he said
<0559> (8799)

unto her, If they bind
<0631> (8799)

me fast
<0631> (8800)

with new
<02319>

ropes
<05688>

that never were occupied
<04399> <06213> (8738)_,

then shall I be weak
<02470> (8804)_,

and be as another
<0259>

man
<0120>_.

{that never...: Heb. wherewith work hath not been done}